Book or pamphlet making machine.



J. D. MORGAN.

BOOK 0R PAMPHLET MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14,1911

Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

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BOOK 0R PAMPHLBT MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14. 1911.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 14. 1911.

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UN ITEI) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN D. MORGAN, OF SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 GOSS PRINTING PRESS.QOMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BOOK OR PAMPHLET MAKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN D. MORGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Summit, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Book or Pamphlet MakingMachines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to machine for making magazines or pamphlets, andmore especially to machines for trimming the edges of previouslystitched and folded pamphlets or magazines.

Objects of the invention are to provide novel mechanism for neatlytrimming the front edge of a previously folded pamphlet or magazine; toprovide mechanism for trimming the front edge of the folded pamphletparallel to the back or folded edge; to provide such mechanism adaptedto work in a hi h speed machine; to provide such mechanlsm' adapted 'toreceive the pamphlet from stitching and folding mechanisms which havepreviously operated thereon; to provide for speedy and accurate trimmingand forwarding ofthe trimmed pamphlets; to provide particular novelmechanisms for eflecting the functions described, and such mechanisms asare well or especially adapted to cooperate togetherto These and otherobjects of invention are set forth in part hereinafter and in part willbe obvious to those skilled in the art.

The invention consists in the novel parts, constructions, combinations,arrangements and improvements herein shown and described.

The accompanying drawings, referred to herein, and forlnin a parthereof, illustrate one embodiment o the invention, the same serving inconnection with the description herein to explain the principles of theinvention.

Of the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of a machine constructed inaccordance with the principles of the invention, showing the stitching,folding and trimming mechanisms; Fig. 2 is a partial top plan viewcorresponding to Fig. 1; Fig. 3 joins Fig.2

at'the left thereof to form the remainder of the top plan of the machineof Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is an elevation looking at Fig. 1 from the right andshowing more particularly the sheet cutting, collecting and stitchingmechanisms; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary and artly diagrammatic view showingthe iblded pamphlet or magazine being stopped and registered by itsfolded edge preparatory to trimming the front edge; Fig. 6 1s a similarview to Fig. 5 showing the trimming of the front edge of the pamphlet;and Fig. 7 is also a similar view to Fig. 5 showing the trimmed book orpamphlet being fed forward and another bundle of sheets soon to befolded off to be forwarded to the trimming devices.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, illustrating by way of exampleone embodiment of the invention, means are provided for associating aplurality of sheets preparatory to stitching, folding and trimming. Suchassociating means may be of any approved or suitable form, and in therawings the sheets are shown conveniently derived from a web 1 directedbetween the rollers 2 and 3 and into. a throat consisting of a pluralityof guiding fingers 4 and 5, mounted, respectively, upon supporting rods6 and 7. Suitable devices are provided for severing the web 1 intosheets, and the form thereof illustrated herewith comprises rotarycutters 10 and 11; cutter 10 carrying knives 12 and 13, and cutter 11carrying knives 14 and 15. Said knives cooperate in pairs to sever theweb into sheets.

A plurality of webs may be associated and run into the machine together,if desired, or the sheets may be associated in some other way. In theillustrated form, the cut off sheets are taken by a three-way collectingcylinder 20 provided with three sets of sheet grippers numberedrespectively 21, 22 and 23. Each set of these grippers takes andassociates successive sheets, and when thebundle or stack of sheets iscomplete, the gripper opens to release it. The strip ing blades 25assist in stripping the sheets om the cylinder. A series of tapes 30running over the rollers 31, 32 and 33 are shown for bringing-thesuccessively fed and out off sheets nicely onto the surface of thecylinder 20, so-that they may be certainly and accurately taken by thegrippers thereon. A series of tapes 34 are likewise shown running uponrollers 35 and 36 to keep the sheets lying close and smoothed out uponthe surface of the cylinder as they rotate therewith. Such mechanismsare old in the art, and the particular form thereof is immaterial, sofar as concerns many .features of the present invention.

As the sheets, associated together in a bundle or stack, leave thecylinder 20 they are progressed along a .path 40 by tapes 41 runningover rollers 42 and 43 and corresponding tapes 44 working over rollers45 and 46. Adjacent to the path of travel of the sheets, means areprovided for binding the associated sheets together, and the illustratedform of such means comprises two wire stitchers 50 and 51 arrangedlongitudinally of the path of travel of the sheets. Said wire stitchershave reels 52 and 53, respectively, feeding the Wire to thereciprocating plungers 54 and 55, on the respective stitchers, whichcooperate with anvils 56 and 57 to stitch the sheets to-.

gether. Suitable means for supporting and actuating the stitchers willbe provided, and various forms of such means are old in the art. Suchsupporting and operating means are therefore omitted from'the drawmgsfor the sake of clearness'in showing other parts.

Means are provided for registering and stopping the sheets in posit-ionfor stitching, and forthis purpose there is shown a gage or stop 60extending acrossthe path of travel of the sheets, saldgage consistingand a movable clamping block 97 thereof a number of fingers or proections.

Means for folding the stitched sheets are provided, which may be of anysuitable or convenient form so far as concerns certain features of theinvention; In the illustrated form of folding means, a cylinder,-orequivalent device 70 is shown located at one side of' the path 40, andof the st'itchers 50 and 51. Sald cylinder is carriedby a shaft 71,suitably journaled on the machine frame, and disposed substantiallyparallel to the path of travel of the sheets up to the stop 60. Saidcylinder is provided with sheet conveying and folding devices and theform of such means shown herein comprises a 'set of sheettaking'grippers 72 and a tuckin blade 73. The grippers 72 will beprovide with suitable actuating means of convenient and approved form toopen and close them to take and. release the sheets at the proper timesand in the proper position. The tucking blade 73 will likewise beprovidedwith suitable actuating means of suitable and approved form. nthe present embodiment means are provided for giving the stitched sheetbundle a slight movement into the grippers 72. Said means comprisefingers 80 fixed on rock shaft81. Arms 82 are likewise fixed to saidshaft. and links 83 are pivotally connected to said arms and to suitableactuating means (not shown).

The folded pamphlet has its edge opposite the fold,- that is, the edgeformed by bringing together the'opposite edges of the sheets when "theyare folded centrally and parallel to said edges, trimmed to remove theout-- wardly convex edge due to a relatively large number of sheets ofthe same size being folded one within the other, and to out said edgeoff perpendicularly to the sides of the pamphlet in order togive thepamphlet a neat and attractive appearance. In accordance with onefeature of the invention, the pamphlet is positioned or registered byits back, that is,its folded edge, to make the trimmed edge parallel tosaid back or folded edge.

The embodied form of trimming means and associated mechanism comprises asuitable support 85. A gage or stop ,86 is arranged to be projected intothe path of the pamphlet and tobe withdrawn therefrom. Said gage 86 ismounted on rods 87 working, respectively, in lugs 88 and 89 on the A camroll 90 is carried machine frame. in the end of each of said rods 87,said cam roll cooperating with a cam 91 on a shaft 92. The cam roll isheld to its cam by a spring 93 working between a lug 88 and a collar 94on the rod 87.

Means for clamping the edge to be trimmed are provided, and in theembodied form a stationary clamping block 96 is provided below the pathof travel of the pamphlets,

above. Saidblock 97 is slidable in guides 98 in the machine frame. Theembodied form of trimming means comprises a reciprocating knife 99working in guides 100 on the machine frame, the edge of the clamp ingblock 96 coasting as a cutting edge therewith.

In the illustrated embodiment combined actuating means for the clampingand cuttingdevices are provided, affording also a springing oryieldingaction for the clamp. The reciprocating knife 99 is connected by pivotedlinks 101 to levers 102, which levers are pivoted to the-machine frameat 103.

A spring or springs 104 act on the levers 102. Cams 105 on shaft 106cooperate with i cam rolls 107 on the respective levers 102. Thereciprocable clamp 97 has portions 108 extending therefrom provided withslots 109.

Blocks 110 are slidably mounted in slots 109 and have pin and slotconnection with the res ective levers 102. Springs 111 press sai blocks110 to the top of the slots 109. When the levers 102 arepresseddownwardly against spring 104 by cams 105, knife 99 w1ll bepositively moved downwardly by means of links 101. cause the clamp 97also to'travel down. Clamp 97 will engage and clamp the pamphlet at itsedge with a strong spring pres- Springs 111 will also,

bodied the drop rollers 117 are constructedand arranged to move inharmony with the clamping and trimming devices. Said drop rollers aremounted on arms 119 which have ielding spring connections with a shaft120. ixed to said shaft 120 are arms 121 having pin and slot connectionwith the extensions 108 of the clamp 97.

The manner of operation of the hereinbefore described mechanism issubstantially as follows :The web 1 is run down between the rollers 2and 3 and through the throat formed by the guides 4 and 5 and is pressedby the tapes 30 against the surface of the cylinder 20. One set ofcollecting grippers on the cylinder 20 takes the end of .the sheet whilethe rotary cutters 10 and 11 sever it at the other end. The nextsucceeding sheet is taken .in a similar manner by another series ofgrippers on said cylinder 20 and the next sheet by the third series ofsaid grippers. As the sheets come down in one, two, three, four order,and there are .but three sets of the collecting grippers on the cylinder20, the sheets are thus associated in bundles of one, two, three, four(referred to the order of their coming down, mentioned above) by eachseries or set of the grippers. The grippers then let the completedbundle g0, and the strippers 25 are caused to strip them from thecylinder and insure their passing away along the path 40 to thestitchers. The sheets then progress along the path 40 under the actionof the bun tapes and are stopped and registered by the gages 60, and atthe same instant the stitchers 51 and 52 stitch the bundle of sheetstogether. Just as this operation is completed the rippers 72 grip theside edge of the die a; of the now. stitched sheets, Fig. 5 the arms 80giving the sheet bundle a':slight movement into the grippers, and theyare carried off around the cylinder 70. As they 'come around intoposition relatively to the folding rolls 74 and 75 the tucking blade 73tucks them between the folding rollers.

As the folded pamphlet is fed forward through the folding rollers 74 and75, the tapes 115 and 118 and their rollers feed it forward. It isstopped and registered by gage 86, and the drop rollers 117 lift awayfrom the pamphlet, taking also tapes 118,

as the clamp 97 and knife 99 pass into action as already described. Asthe clamp 97 and knife 99 recede after the trimming operation and theage 86 dro s out of the path, the drop rol ers 117 and tapes 118 passagain into engagement with the trimmed magazine and feed it forward.

The invention, in itsbroader aspects, is not limited to the particularconstructions shown, nor to any particular constructions by which it hasbeen or may be carried into effect, as many changes may be made in theconstruction without departing from the main'principles of the inventionand Without sacrificing its chief advantages.

What I do claim as m invention and desire to secure by Letters atent is:

1-. A book or folding said sheets alon the line of the stitching, andmeans or trimming the folded-together edge opposite the stitching.

2. A book or pamphlet'making machine including in combination means forstitching together a plurality of sheets, means for folding said sheetsalong the line of the stitchin means for clamping the edge opposite t estitching, and means for cutting said edge parallel to said foldededge.

3. A book or pamphlet making machine including in combination means forstitching together a plurality of sheets at a lurality of points in linewith each 0t er, means for folding said sheets together along the lineof stitches, and means for trimming Ehpdedge opposite to the foldparallel to the 4. A book or pamphlet making machine including incombination means r stitching together a plurality of sheets, means forfolding said sheets along the line of the stitching, a stop, means forfeeding the folded pamphlet-thereto and registering said folded edgeagainst said stop,'and means for- ,folded pamphlet thereto andregistering said folded edge against said stop, means for clamping theedge opposite the fold, and means for trimming said clamped edgeparallel to said fold.

6. A book or pamphlet making machine including in combination means forstitching together a plurality of sheets, means for folding said sheetsalong the line of the stitching, a stop, means for feeding the foldedpamphlet thereto and registering said folded edge against said stop,means for clamping amphlet making machine including in com ination meansfor stitching together a plurality of sheets, means forthe edge oppositethe fold, means for trimming said clamped edge parallel to said fold,means for unclamping the trimmed pamphlet, and means for feeding it off.

5 7 A book or pamphlet making machine including in combination devicesfor associating a plurality of sheets and feeding them fiat to stitchingdevices, stitching devices for putting a line of stitches in the flat 10sheets, means for folding said sheets along the line of the stitches,and means for trimming the edges of the folded sheet swhich are oppositeand parallel to said fold.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of 15 two subscribing Witnesses.

. 1 JOHN D. MORGAN.

Witnesses AL'AN M. JOHNSON, Rosa MENK.

